Indoor topiary

The word topiary refers to the art of training and trimming trees into unique shapes. Season after Season, topiaries remain one of my favorite plants to fill our home with. From lush, full, and round topiaries like live boxwood, to thin and more bare-like olive and herb topiaries. Though hard to keep alive, I enjoy filling our home with any and all forms! I've been receiving some questions about topiaries lately and I thought this would be the perfect time to share the best real and faux…

myrtle topiaries inspiration

Beloved for their elegant yet whimsical charm, nothing signals the transition into spring quite like topiaries. Given the season’s unpredictable temperature fluctuations, their ability to thrive both indoors and out makes topiaries an even better fit for this time of year.“The fact that you can grow them indoors and have a little piece of nature inside is really special,” says Loi Thai, founder of Tone on Tone, a Maryland-based residential interior and landscape design firm.These verdant…

Happy Tuesday! It's a beautiful day and I'm working on several projects - all at once!!! It's a problem I call decorating attention deficit disorder!!! I begin one project, then move on to another, then move on to another, and then I circle back to the first! On and on I go! One project that I did finish is this easy wire vine, or Angel Vine, topiary. I love these delicate wire vines and they are so easy to grow! They are absolutely perfect for a topiary because of their climbing nature! I…

Hi there, I saw a picture last week on Instagram that triggered a bit of an obsessive compulsion to find something………myrtle topiaries. I can thank (or not) Loi from Tone? on Tone as being the culprit behind this unexpected case of topiary-mania and yes that is a word (at least as of today). So here …

Boxwood Topiary DIY Materials: string scissors clippers bamboo stakes boxwood plant (make sure it’s mostly growing vertically) soil, pot moss (optional) Step 1: Start by inserting the boxwood plant into your pot and pack it with dirt. Step 2: Clip off the branches from the base of the trunk. Decide how much top bush you’d […]

How to build your holiday topiary in 8 steps Design

Hi Friends! I am a tad obsessed with Rosemary, isn't everyone:)? In planning for the holidays I knew I wanted a few Rosemary Topiaries. I just LOVE how they look in a kitchen, especially around

i like to think that i have a green thumb. however keeping plants alive indoors is a different thing. i suck at it. i forget to water them. mother nature helps me out with that when plants are outdoors. regardless of the numerous plant murders i have committed over the years i still buy obsessive amounts of topiaries each spring. and they usually live for like a month before i either forget about them or leave for an extended period of time. not this year! my two small topiaries are going…

When it comes to home design some things are classic (light grey walls, hardwood floors) while some trends come and go (harvest green appliances, anyone?). Sometimes interior design ideas that seem like just another passing fancy of designers and *ahem* magazine editors turn out to be a style that is built to last. Here are four home décor "trends" that we think are here to stay: